Product Description

The new softcover revised edition of this comprehensive guide to the music business. Millions dream of attaining glamour and wealth through music. This book reveals the secrets of the music business that have made fortunes for the superstars. A must for every songwriter, performer and musician, as well as required reading for every music lawyer, manager agent, producer or publisher.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #118599 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10-15
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

From Library Journal
The Brabecs, experienced entertainment lawyers, have written a practical, comprehensive guide about the music business for songwriters and recording artists. They pay special attention to songwriting, dealing in depth with such topics as music publishing; songwriting for motion pictures, Broadway, commercials, and television; performance rights; foreign rights; buying and selling songs; and copyright. The authors also include a section on lawyers, managers, and agents, as well as a chapter on recording artists. Useful to professionals and novices alike, this well-written book provides songwriters--and, to a lesser extent, recording artists--detailed guidance to the many complex aspects of the music business. Highly recommended for the music reference sections of all types of libraries.
- David Szatmary, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Library Journal
A pratical, comprehensive guide about the music business. Highly recommended.

Customer Reviews

Invaluable!
This is a must have book for everyone who has even daydreamed about writing their own music. Knowledge of copyright law is more important than ever, and this book is just the reference for you if you're trying to make it in the music business. Plenty of times unscrupulous agents, managers, and record labels get artists to sign things they don't really understand, ending up with all the rights to a band's entire efforts. The fat cats rake in the cash while the actual band members make a measly one percent, all because they didn't understand their rights in relation to their intellectual and creative property. A well written, thoughtful book like this one, crafted by experts, can help protect the interests of the musician and therefore shouldn't be overlooked.

Average
The 3 main aspects that anyone seeks when getting into the music industry are money, music and success. These 3 are discussed in this exceptional title that is a true insider's guide to the music industry. Good amount of information put into an easy to understand structure make this book a winner. However, a far better book is "How To Make A Fortune In The Music Industry By Doing It Yourself: Your Personal Step-By-Step Guide To Having A Successful Career In The Music Business. ... To Sell Music, Book Shows And Get Noticed!" by Ty Cohen, a title that is breathtaking by definition and takes you to places that no other book takes you.

Informative, Up To Date, and Wriiten So All Can Understand
Music, Money, & Success is a must read for anyone interested in music business. As a Vice President/General Manager in the fast moving industry of music publishing, I need to keep abreast of all the changes and any new developments that take place. The revised edition of this book has allowed me to do just that. I strongly recommend this book to anyone trying to keep up with the business and, most of all, anyone who is interested in getting into the business. It is written in a way that all people can easily understand the "ins and outs" of the industry and would enable anyone to grasp the knowledge to enable them to start on the road to a career in the music. It has great information on how the "web" has affected the music business and also contains all the new royalty rates for CDs, Motion Pictures, Television, and other Media.